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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Updated on April 08, 2020Illinois Institute of Technology is a private research university with an acceptance rate of 60%. Founded in 1890, with a large science and engineering focus at the undergraduate level, IIT is located three miles from Chicago's downtown business district. The Armour College of Engineering has the highest undergraduate enrollment of the eight colleges and schools that make up IIT.
Considering applying to Illinois Institute of Technology? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students.
During the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Illinois Institute of Technology had an acceptance rate of 60%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 60 students were admitted, making IIT's admissions process competitive.
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The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to Illinois Institute of Technology. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.
Illinois Institute of Technology, which accepts over half of applicants, has a competitive admissions pool with above-average GPAs and SAT/ACT scores. However, IIT has a holistic admissions process involving other factors beyond your grades and test scores. A strong application essay and glowing letters of recommendation can strengthen your application, as can participation in meaningful extracurricular activities and a rigorous course schedule. Students with particularly compelling stories or achievements can still receive serious consideration even if their test scores and grades are outside of IIT's average range.
In the graph above, the blue and green dots represented accepted students. You can see that most successful applicants tend to have GPAs above a 3.0, SAT scores over 1150 (ERW+M), and ACT composite scores of 23 or higher. Many of IIT's admitted students had average grades in the "A" range with particular strengths in math and science.
